Eisner Award for Best Webcomic explained

Eisner Award for Best Webcomic
Awarded For:Best Webcomic
Country:United States
Year:2017
Holder Label:Most recent winner (2023)
Holder:Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

The Eisner Award for Best Webcomic is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books for material originally published as a webcomic.

History and name change

Webcomics were eligible for the Best Digital Comic award when it was created in 2005. In 2014 the award was changed to Best Digital/Webcomic. In 2017 the award was split into Best Digital Comic and Best Webcomic.

Winners and nominees

YearTitleAuthorsWebsite
2010s
2017[1] [2]
and Sarah DuVall
2018[3]
(The Weather Channel) and Nate Powell
(Line Webtoon) and Ryan Benjamin
(The Nib)
(New York Times Sunday Review) and Michael Sloan
2019[4] [5]
(Line Webtoon)
(Line Webtoon)
(Line Webtoon)
(Hiveworks)
2020s
2020[6] [7]
2021[8] [9]
, Joseph Saffiedine, and Thomas Cadène
2022[10] [11]
, Starbite
, translated by Kristianna Lee
2023[12]
Deeply DaveGroverhttps://deeplydave.com/
Delilah Dirk: Practical Defence Against PiracyTony Cliffhttps://www.delilahdirk.com/dd4/dd4-p46.html
The MannamongMichael Adam Lengyelhttps://www.mannamong.com/episode-1/
SporesJoshua Barkmanhttps://falseknees.com/

References

  1. News: Fantagraphics and Image Comics Lead Eisner Awards Nominations, Syfy Wire. 2021-04-09. 2018-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20181201010602/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/2017-eisner-award-nominations. dead.
  2. News: Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present, San Diego Comic-Con International. 2021-04-09. 2014-02-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140213024118/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present. dead.
  3. News: Complete List of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees Announced, comicbook.com.
  4. News: Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Hollywood Reporter.
  5. News: Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List, Hollywood Reporter.
  6. News: 2020 Eisner Nominees: The Complete List, The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. News: SDCC '20: The 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners, The Beat.
  8. News: 2021 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed, Image and Fantagraphics Lead With Most Nominations, comicbook.com.
  9. News: ComicCon@Home '21: The 2021 Eisner Award winners, The Beat.
  10. Web site: 2022 Eisner Awards for works published in 2021 . Comic-Con. April 2, 2024.
  11. Web site: Lussier. Germain. And Your 2022 Eisner Award Nominees Are... . Gizmodo. May 19, 2022. May 18, 2022.
  12. Web site: Schedeen. Jesse. Comic-Con 2023: DC Wins Big at the Eisner Awards . IGN. April 2, 2024. July 25, 2023.